Hometown, My Town
# Hometown, My Town

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Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

## Track listing

* "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) – 7:08
* "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17
* "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54
* "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58
* "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
* "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

## Personnel

* Tony Bennett – vocals
* Ralph Burns – arranger & conductor
* Ralph Sharon – piano
* Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds
* Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6)
* Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
* Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet
* Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone
* Toots Mondello – alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6)
* Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar
* Janet Putman – harp
* Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4–6) – bass
* Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6)
* Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3)
* Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3)
* Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

### Strings

* Seymour Barab, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4–6), Lucien Schmidt (#4–6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr – violoncello, viola
* Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Max Hollander, Harry Lookofsky (#4–6), Harry Edison (#4–6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) – violin
